Social welfare Charities That specialise in Individual poverty
Discover 4,579 Social welfare charities that specialise in individual poverty. Use the search below to filter within these results.
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The Pest House Charity
Social welfareTo maintain the remaining property of The Pest House Charity. Any residue of income to be used to help the poor sick and needy Parishioners of Midhurst. Area of application is entirely restricted to the Parish of Midhurst. Although West Sussex is entered in the 'Where' section, grant applications will not be accepted from outside the Parish of Midhurst.
Jan-Kshatriya Sevak Mandal UK
Beneficiary group, Charity and VCS support, Social welfareProviding religious and cultural educational programmes for the benefit of the Jansari Comunity to maintain the religion, culture, traditions and heritage for the benefit of the Jansari youth and future Jansari generations. To raise funds to help the poor, disadvantaged disabled people in the community and to help the impoverished.
The Jubilee Charitable Trust
Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Saving of lives, Social welfareProvision of humanitarian aid including relief of poverty and education throughout the world. Also promotion of the Christian Gospel in UK and throughout the world by making donations to such Charitable Institutions and providing grants to individuals at such time or times and in such manner as the Trustees may in their absolute discretion think fit.
Rotary Club Of Dunstable Trust Fund
Associations, Charity and VCS support, Social welfareTo raise funds and give time to help the disadvantaged
Charity Of Alderman Steevens
Housing, Social welfareTO PROVIDE ALMSHOUSES AND OTHER HOUSING FOR POOR PERSONS OF GOOD CHARACTER RESIDENT IN BRISTOL
Holland Chapel And Cottage Trust
Religion, Social welfareOBJECTS1. To maintain and keep in good repair order and condition the Chapel and Cottage situate at St. Ann's Hill Road, Chertsey, Surrey.2. To permit the said cottage to be occupied by the priest for the time being serving the Chapel or by any other person or persons employed in or about the Chapel or by any poor person or persons or for any charitable purposes approved of by the Trustees
Paget Memorial Cottages (rowhedge-Essex)
Armed forces, Beneficiary group, Housing, Social welfareProvision of almshouses for poor persons who through age, infirmity, ill health or lack of means, are incapable or unable properly to house themselves, with preference for old or retired yacht hands and ex-servicemen of The Royal Navy, Army, Airforce and auxiliary services and their widow and dependants who have a local connection.
Cartmel Old Grammar School Foundation
Charitable activities, Education, Social welfarePAYMENTS ARE MADE TO THE CARTMEL POOR CHARITY AND TO BROW EDGE FOUNDATION. THE BULK OF THE MONIES AFTER THE ABOVE IS USED FOR PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OR TRAINING TO PERSONS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 A 25 AND PROVIDING GRANTS TO SCHOOLS TO MEET EXPENDITURE, NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE EDUCATION AUTHORITY. THE BENEFICIAL AREA IS THE ANCIENT PARISH OF CARTMEL AS DEFINED IN THE TRUST DEED.
Haylock's Almshouses
Housing, Social welfareTo provide accommodation in Castle Camps for poor persons of good character who from age, ill health or accident or infirmity are wholly or in part unable to maintain themselves by their own exertions
Rotary Club Of The Forest Of Blean Trust Fund
Associations, Social welfareTo apply both capital and income received to or for the relief of the poor and needy or to or for such other charitable purpose, institution, society or object as the Canterbury Forest of Blean Rotary Club shall in duly constituted meeting from time to time direct.
The Martha Blackham Kendrick Poor Children's Summer Holiday Charity
Beneficiary group, Social welfareGrants given to 'poor children', via organisations to have a holiday when they otherwise would not be able to afford one.
The Gownboy Fund
Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfareFinancial assistance in necessitous circumstances for completion of education for Gownboys (being a person in Gownboys house at Charterhouse School, Godalming); Carthusians (being persons at Charterhouse School, Godalming); and children of Old Gownboys. Relieving the poverty of any Old Carthusian or the widow, children and dependants of a deceased Old Carthusian.
Charity Of Charles William Willock Dawes
Beneficiary group, Professions, Religion, Social welfareTo assist the maintenance and education of ecclesiastical students for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Southwark, and for the maintenance and support of all or any of the Roman Catholic Priests or the maintenance of Roman Catholic Churches or Chapels in the Diocese, or for the support of poor Roman Catholic orphans in the Diocese.
Chundikuli Trust Fund
Beneficiary group, Education, Social welfareThe CTF is established for the advancement of education and the relief of poverty, suffering and distress amongst the students of Chundikuli Girls College and St Johns College and their community in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Trust funds are utilised for various causes like improvement of educational facilities, financial assistance to children with needs.
Almshouse And Relief In Need Charity
Housing, Social welfareProvides housing to disadvantaged local persons.Sandhill Cottage and Goldhill Cottage have now undergone a much-needed major refurbishment, completed in the summer of 2017, partly financed by a grant from the Homes and Community Agency.
John William And Mary Jane Allison Charity
Housing, Social welfareProvision of almshouses for the poor and aged inhabitants of Sutton St James, Lincolnshire or the neighbourhood thereof.
St Pancras Corporation Charity Society
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Charity and VCS support, Social welfareThe organisation of fund-raising events to provide funds to make grants to relieve poverty among old people and other necessitous persons residing in the City of Chichester and the immediate vicinity.
The Kelling Fuel And Pasture Charity
Social welfareReliving hardship or distress of persons resident in the Parish of Kelling and maintaining and protecting Kelling Heath
Wigan Town Relief In Need Charity
Social welfareTO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR THE POOR IN THE WIGAN AREA
The Walker Pensions Fund
Beneficiary group, Religion, Social welfareTo assist aged or distressed persons male or female professing the Protestant religion belonging to the upper or middle classes of society provided that such persons shall have been reduced to poverty by misfortune and not by their own improvidence or neglect. Special regard is to be shown to the claims of widows and daughters of Clergymen of the Church of England.
The Rotary Club Of Warwick Avon Trust Fund
Associations, Social welfareThe purpose of the Trust is that the investments and monies of the Club, devoted to charitable objects, are to be applied to or for the relief of the poor and needy or to be for such other charitable purpose, institution, society or object as the Club shall direct.The Trust Fund is operated on a voluntary basis and no remuneration is paid to Trustees or any other member of the Club.
The Canon Holmes Memorial Trust
Beneficiary group, Charitable activities, Economic and community development, Education, Social welfareShort term Educational Grants to children whose parents are experiencing financial difficulties as a result of employment crises, illness or death.
The Carver Trust Cottages
Social welfare" To provide 2 cottages to 2 poor deserving persons of the working class........ at reasonable rents"
The Marston Moretaine Charities
Charitable activities, Education, Social welfareManaging investments & land. Grants to individuals in apprenticeships & further education & in need in Marston area.
Hallelujah Charitable Trust
Social welfareTHE SUPPORT OF INDIVIDUALS AND CHARITIES ENGAGED IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND EDUCATION
Frequently asked questions about this sector
How many individual-poverty social welfare charities are there in the UK?
There are 4,579 registered individual-poverty social welfare charities on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register at the most recent refresh.
Which is the largest of the individual-poverty social welfare charities by income?
Oxfam is the largest by latest reported annual income (£339.4m). Notable peers are listed on this page; the full ranking is available by sorting the results by highest income.
What is the combined annual income of individual-poverty social welfare charities?
Individual-poverty social welfare charities reported a combined annual income of £5.3bn across their most recent filings with the Charity Commission.
What is a typical program ratio for individual-poverty social welfare charities?
Across all individual-poverty social welfare charities, the aggregate program ratio (charitable expenditure as a share of income) is 85.6%. Individual charity ratios vary widely — see each profile for a sector-band benchmark.
What is the average annual income of individual-poverty social welfare charities?
Individual-poverty social welfare charities have an average annual income of £633k. The distribution is heavily skewed: a small number of large charities account for most sector income, while the majority report under £100k a year.
Where does this data come from?
All figures are sourced from the Charity Commission for England and Wales public register, refreshed weekly. Derived metrics (program ratio, efficiency) are calculated by Charity Finder using the formulas documented on the data sources page.